Improvement in well-augers



techdirt Stat-t5 am effet i Letters Patent No. 109,214,dated November 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WELL-AUGERS.

' The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and making part: of the same.

To all whom it may conce-rn Be it known that we, JAMES INGELs and THoMAs J. INGELs, of Atchison, in the county ol Atchison and State'of Kansas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Well-Angers; and we do hereby dcclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing-making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a side view of our invention. l

Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

Figures 3 and 4 are details.

Our invention relates to means for boring and cxcavating wells; and consists in the shape of the bits, their valvular attachments, in the arrangement of the earth-bucket, and in the coupling devices for connecting the sections of the shaft.

The letter A of the drawing designates the bucket, made in two sections, B B, joincdtogether vertically by means of the loops ara and the rods or keys I) l1. In joining the sections, the edges of the vertical walls are abutted against each other, the loops beingearranged to extend across inside to receive the keys.

The letter B"designates the conical end of' the bucket.

It consists of the. two triangular cutters or -bits C C, bent in such a manner that the cutting-edges shall extend outward in a curved form, projecting beyond the general surface of the conical end B', while the rear edges of the bits, to which the leather aps or valves il are attached, shall be somewhat retracted inwardly, thus affording -free scope to the action of the cutting-edges. At the same time, the earth removed by the cutters passes readily into the bucket under the iap, by which it is prevented from falling out after it has once entered.

It will be observed, from iig. 3 of the d1awing,-that the upper portion of the curved bit extends sufficiently out from the wall to excavate a circle of greater ra-v dius than that of the bucket, thus aifording it easy passage in the'ex'cavation.

D D are the sections of the shaft.

Each section is provided with a hook, c, at one end, and a loop, Z, at the other.

The loop is provided with a pendent pivoted stop or key, c, and, when the sections are joined by placing the hook of one into the loop of the next, this key z is designed to swing into place between the walls of the loop, and, by pressing upon the upper surface of the hook, to secure it in place.

The sections are made of broad, flat bars, and the breadth' of the hook is equal to the width of the loop. A tight joint, without play, is thus secured.

. The bottom ofthe pendent key z is made broad, to prevent lateral movement.

' m represents the bail of the bucket, one-half of which is attached to one section, and hinged to the other half, which is secured to the other section, and provided with a hook, a, whereby the lowerrnost section of the shaft is connected to the bucket.

What we claim as our invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The well-boring devices herein described, consisting of sectional earthbucke't A, having the bits C, with Yvalves el and hinged bail m., with hook 71, and the sectional shafts D D, having the'hooks e and loops I, provided' with pendent keys s, when vcmbined and arranged substantial] y as shown and described.

2.A The sectional shat D, having hook e and loop l, provided with pendent key e', when constructed and operated as and for thel purposes shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two wit:

nesses.

JAMES INGELS. THOMAS J. INGELS. Witnesses:

. WM. C. SMITH, y

S. H. GLENN. 

